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I have been trying to recall what changed from earlier! Yesterday night it came to me that I replaced the v belt with an original shopsmith v belt. I will try using the old belt today.

Thank you,
MK

4 weeks back I did an overhaul, cleaned (inside out), lubed etc. Had not used it since. Last week I used it to rip few strips of a 4 ft board and noticed the control sheaves assembly gets hot (just one cut), did a few (5 - 6) and the assembly is very hot. Nothing seems abnormal otherwise, works well ...

Thanks Bill. I also have one more headstock to compare. I will keep y'all posted.

Old post but the issue still happens and I do not read the cause of this problem. I think this has happened recently with my Shopsmith, otherwise I would had noticed it earlier as well. Iam not sure if I did something wrong in my last overhaul, which obviously iam unable to determine or are these ...

Mike, I have the same problem on my mark v 510, after a recent overhaul (had taken out the sheeves and speed control mech, cleaned, lubricated and reassembled) the control sheeve assembly started to heat up which eventually heats the complete headstock. I do not see or hear anything wrong ...